Classic Comedy Teams poster

Movie · 1986

Classic Comedy Teams

Released 1 January 1986 More from 1986 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗

Steve Allen hosts this collection of clips of some of the greatest comedy teams in movie and television history, including Our Gang, Laurel and Hardy, The Marx Brothers, Burns and Allen, The Three Stooges, The East-Side Kids, Abbott and Costello, and Martin and Lewis.

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How old were they?

Oldest first
George Burns
as Self (archive footage)
89
Groucho Marx
as Self (archive footage)
Died aged 86, before release
Bob Hope
as Self (archive footage)
82
Joe Besser
as Self (archive footage)
78
Harpo Marx
as Self (archive footage)
Died aged 75, before release
Stan Laurel
as Self (archive footage)
Died aged 74, before release
Chico Marx
as Self (archive footage)
Died aged 74, before release
Bing Crosby
as Self (archive footage)
Died aged 74, before release
Larry Fine
as Larry (archive footage)
Died aged 72, before release
Harry 'Snub' Pollard
as Self (archive footage)
Died aged 72, before release
Ole Olsen
as Self (archive footage)
Died aged 70, before release
Chic Johnson
as Self (archive footage)
Died aged 70, before release
Huntz Hall
as The East Side Kids (archive footage)
66
Gabriel Dell
as The East Side Kids (archive footage)
66
Steve Allen
as Host
64
Shemp Howard
as Shemp (archive footage)
Died aged 60, before release
Billy Halop
as The East Side Kids (archive footage)
Died aged 56, before release
Lou Costello
as Self (archive footage)
Died aged 52, before release
Curly Howard
as Self (archive footage)
Died aged 48, before release
Bobby Jordan
as The East Side Kids (archive footage)
Died aged 42, before release
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The numbers

Computed from the cast above
47years between the oldest and youngest billed
89George Burns — oldest on the call sheet
42Bobby Jordan — youngest billed
69average age of the credited cast
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